Possible Upgrade to newer OS

[06Honda]

I attached a shot of my basic Macbook Pro stats, was wondering if its possible to upgrade my OS with my current setup.

 

[Intell]

You can upgrade your machine to 10.10 for free through the App Store.

 

[snaky69]

I attached a shot of my basic Macbook Pro stats, was wondering if its possible to upgrade my OS with my current setup.

Yes. You can upgrade all the way to 10.10 if you wish, for free.

 

[Fishrrman]

Just a word of caution (my opinion only):

If your MacBook still has a platter-based hard disk drive, you may find yourself very disappointed if you upgrade to either Mavericks or Yosemite.

In my experience, BOTH of these seem to require an SSD (solid-state drive) to offer up a level of "performance" that is acceptable.

Using an HDD with either of them may result in "beachball city", so to speak.

So, if you want to keep the current MBPro -and- go to Yosemite, you almost certainly want to install an SSD, as well.

Having said that, -IF- you upgrade to 10.8.5, you will find a more modern OS that runs very well, even with an HDD...

 

[mneblett]

In my experience, BOTH of these seem to require an SSD (solid-state drive) to offer up a level of "performance" that is acceptable.

+1 My late '08 MBP -- with Samsung 840 SSD -- handles 10.10 fine.

 

[got556]

I dunno, I guess my 8 gigs of RAM helps, but my HDD in my mid '09 C2D MBP handles 10.10.1 fine....

 

[maflynn]

I'd look to upgrade beyond 4GB but since you didn't define your usage, its hard to say whether 4GB or 8GB would be better when running 10.10. All things being equal though, as others stated - you can upgrade.

 

[06Honda]

I just reading; some stock trades; photography uploads and watch the odd video. No gaming at all.

 

[Nermal]

So, if you want to keep the current MBPro -and- go to Yosemite, you almost certainly want to install an SSD, as well.

I agree with this. I added an SSD to my MBP two weeks ago and it almost feels like a new machine. The performance gain is not to be underestimated.

The drive is considered "user upgradable" on these machines and requires two screwdrivers (Philips 00 and Torx T6).